when I start it from the commandline, i get the following output $ bouncy *** glibc detected *** python: free(): invalid pointer: 0x094d2528 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7db0d65] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0xb7db4800] /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_ZdlPv+0x21)[0xb77fdd81] /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6.so.4.5(_Z13ReadConfigDirR13ConfigurationRKSsbj+0x317)[0xaae9d3b7] /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6.so.4.5(_Z13pkgInitConfigR13Configuration+0x82b)[0xaaed29db] /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt_pkg.so[0xaaf4dac2] python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x5d0c)[0x80c8eec] python(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x775)[0x80ca115] python(PyEval_EvalCode+0x57)[0x80ca187] python(PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx+0xac)[0x80de9ac] python[0x80df306] python[0x80e09ce] python[0x80df98b] python[0x80dfebc] python[0x80e0068] python(PyImport_ImportModuleLevel+0x27)[0x80e04f7] python[0x80c1db4] python(PyObject_Call+0x27)[0x805c9e7] python(PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords+0x6c)[0x80c232c] python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x18bd)[0x80c4a9d] python(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x775)[0x80ca115] python(PyEval_EvalCode+0x57)[0x80ca187] python(PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx+0xac)[0x80de9ac] python[0x80df306] python[0x80df98b] python[0x80dfe3e] python[0x80e0068] python(PyImport_ImportModuleLevel+0x27)[0x80e04f7] python[0x80c1db4] python(PyObject_Call+0x27)[0x805c9e7] python(PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords+0x6c)[0x80c232c] python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x18bd)[0x80c4a9d] python(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x775)[0x80ca115] python(PyEval_EvalCode+0x57)[0x80ca187] python(PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx+0xac)[0x80de9ac] python[0x80df306] python[0x80df98b] python[0x80dfe3e] python[0x80e0068] python(PyImport_ImportModuleLevel+0x27)[0x80e04f7] python[0x80c1db4] python(PyObject_Call+0x27)[0x805c9e7] python(PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords+0x6c)[0x80c232c] python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x18bd)[0x80c4a9d] python(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x775)[0x80ca115] python(PyEval_EvalCode+0x57)[0x80ca187] python(PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx+0xac)[0x80de9ac] python[0x80df306] python[0x80df98b] python[0x80dfe3e] python[0x80e00b0] python(PyImport_ImportModuleLevel+0x27)[0x80e04f7] python[0x80c1db4] python(PyObject_Call+0x27)[0x805c9e7] python(PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords+0x6c)[0x80c232c] python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x18bd)[0x80c4a9d] python(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x775)[0x80ca115] python(PyEval_EvalCode+0x57)[0x80ca187] python(PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx+0xac)[0x80de9ac] python[0x80df306] python[0x80e09ce] python[0x80df98b] python[0x80dfe3e] ======= Memory map: ======== 08048000-0813f000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 6363 /usr/bin/python2.5 0813f000-08164000 rw-p 000f6000 08:06 6363 /usr/bin/python2.5 08164000-094dd000 rw-p 08164000 00:00 0 [heap] aae76000-aaf42000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 702172 /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6.so.4.5.0 aaf42000-aaf45000 rw-p 000cb000 08:06 702172 /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6.so.4.5.0 aaf45000-aaf66000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 840588 /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt_pkg.so aaf66000-aaf69000 rw-p 00020000 08:06 840588 /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt_pkg.so aaf69000-ab094000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 364646 /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 ab094000-ab0a9000 rw-p 0012a000 08:06 364646 /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 ab0a9000-ab0ac000 rw-p ab0a9000 00:00 0 ab0ac000-ab0ba000 rw-p ac943000 00:00 0 ab0ba000-ab1ba000 rw-s 010bd000 00:0e 23123 /dev/dri/card0 ab1ba000-ab2bc000 rw-p ab1ba000 00:00 0 ab2d4000-ab2f7000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 647850 /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_xmlplus/parsers/pyexpat.so ab2f7000-ab2fa000 rw-p 00023000 08:06 647850 /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_xmlplus/parsers/pyexpat.so ab2fa000-ab337000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 364650 /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libssl.so.0.9.8 ab337000-ab33b000 rw-p 0003c000 08:06 364650 /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libssl.so.0.9.8 ab35d000-ab35f000 rw-p ab35d000 00:00 0 ab35f000-ab37f000 rw-s 010bc000 00:0e 23123 /dev/dri/card0 ab37f000-ab3ff000 rw-p ab37f000 00:00 0 ab3ff000-ab41f000 rw-s 010bb000 00:0e 23123 /dev/dri/card0 ab41f000-ab49f000 rw-p ab41f000 00:00 0 ab49f000-ab4bf000 rw-s 010ba000 00:0e 23123 /dev/dri/card0 ab4bf000-ab4c5000 rw-p ab4bf000 00:00 0 ab4c5000-ab4e5000 rw-s 010b9000 00:0e 23123 /dev/dri/card0 ab4e5000-ab5e6000 rw-p ab4e5000 00:00 0 ab5e7000-ab6e8000 rw-p ab5e7000 00:00 0 ab6e8000-ab6ec000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 51249 /usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/zlib.so ab6ec000-ab6ed000 rw-p 00004000 08:06 51249 /usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/zlib.so ab6ed000-ab6f0000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 740628 /usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/_locale.so ab6f0000-ab6f1000 rw-p 00003000 08:06 740628 /usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/_locale.so ab6f1000-ab6f3000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 51218 /usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/grp.so ab6f3000-ab6f4000 rw-p 00001000 08:06 51218 /usr/lib/p/usr/games/bouncy: line 4: 27646 Aborted (core dumped) python game.py "$@"